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Fast food and sandwich shops in Cass County, ND

How Cass County, ND compares with other counties and the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #723 of 2,222 scored counties
#6 of 13 scored counties in North Dakota

Listings
131
113 chain locations (86%)
Official establishments
147
All limited-service restaurants · −5.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$331.9M
On food away from home · $3,954 a household
Spending per listing
$2.5M
17% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.6
17% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
201,794
+9.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 131 fast food and sandwich shops in Cass County. Of those, 113 are chain locations, or 86%, against 79% across the U.S. That comes to 15.6 for every 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.

At $3,954 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in Cass County spend about $331.9M a year on food away from home. That is about $2.5M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 17% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. That spending covers all food away from home, which fast food and sandwich shops share with other businesses in the trade.

Official counts show 147 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Cass County in 2023, down 5.8% from 2019. That is one for every 571 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too. Official counts also show 20 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $2.6M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Cass County.

Population estimates put the population change in Cass County from 2020 to 2025 at +9.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops in Cass County is 61 (upper middle), #723 of 2,222 scored counties and #6 of 13 scored counties in North Dakota.

How Cass County compares

The same measures for North Dakota and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the fast food and sandwich shops counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Fast food and sandwich shops in Cass County, ND compared with North Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureCass CountyNorth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.612.813.3
Spending per listing$2.5M$3.1M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)571649478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−5.8%+2.6%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.1%+2.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,954$3,940$4,070
Median household income$75,555$76,657$80,734
Groundwork market score6163

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
156 → 147All limited-service restaurants · −5.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,841
Annual payroll, 2023
$58.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
20All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
131113 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
109The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
6
Amount
$2.6M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Cass County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3. These official figures cover all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops.

Population and households in Cass County

Population, 2025 estimate
201,794+9.1% since 2020
Households
83,945
Median age
34.3
Homes lived in by their owners
52%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,765 sq. mi.
People per square mile
110
Median household income
$75,555+17.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$103,789
Median home value
$298,000
Jobs located here
131,603
Daytime population
221,162Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across North Dakota

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The highest-scoring counties in North Dakota for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in North Dakota, with Cass County marked.

Top counties in North Dakota

Counties in North Dakota ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Morton County, ND84117.9$5.1M+3.8%#72 of 2,222
2McKenzie County, ND82813.3$3.5M+2.8%#102 of 2,222
3Richland County, ND7768.8$4.4M+1.2%#189 of 2,222
4Burleigh County, ND695413.1$3.2M+4.7%#411 of 2,222
5Williams County, ND661610.6$4M+1.4%#502 of 2,222
6Cass County, ND6113115.6$2.5M+9.1%#723 of 2,222
7Stark County, ND541914.0$2.8M+0.5%#997 of 2,222
8Grand Forks County, ND524514.4$2.6M+1.9%#1,075 of 2,222
9Rolette County, ND49513.3$2.6M−4.1%#1,184 of 2,222
10Barnes County, ND47714.3$2.5M−2.7%#1,276 of 2,222

Other business types in Cass County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

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Questions

How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Cass County, ND?

There are 131 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in Cass County as of September 2026. 113 of them (86%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 147 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 5.8% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops. Another 20 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Cass County, ND spend on food away from home?

About $331.9M a year, or $3,954 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 131 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per shop. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 83,945 households in Cass County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Cass County, ND compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?

Cass County has 15.6 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.5M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Cass County would have about 109, against 131 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 571 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 5.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Cass County, ND growing?

Population estimates put Cass County at 201,794 people in 2025, up 9.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 83,945 households. The median household income in Cass County is $75,555 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.2% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Cass County scores 61 for fast food and sandwich shops (upper middle), #723 of 2,222 scored counties.

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